The Cricket's Daily 3: A match made in Canada

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Here's what's happening today in pop culture:

• Singer Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger are engaged, promising an apocalyptic confluence of bad Canadian music. [People]

• The U.S. Postal Service printed a billion "Simpsons" stamps, but managed to sell less than a third of them. [Bloomberg News]

• The rumor mill says Michael Strahan, former NFL player, has been picked to partner with Kelly Ripa on the morning talk show "Live! With Kelly," succeeding Regis Philbin. [Entertainment Weekly]